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Reviews: Piaget, Jean, and Inhelder, Barbel. Mental Imagery in the Child. New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1971. 390 + xix pp. $12.50.:

Reviews: Piaget, Jean, and Inhelder, Barbel. Mental Imagery in the Child. New York: Basic Books,... REVIEWS Piaget, Jean, and Inhelder, Barbel. Mental Imagery in the Child. New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1971. 390 + xix pp. $12.50. Publication of this volume on imagery marks the culmination of a long endeavor for Piaget and coincides with renewed interest on the part of American psychologists in the subject. With this work on imagery, Piaget and his colleagues have completed an examination of the two main aspects of thought. The first, the operative aspect, includes the internalized actions of thought and has been explicated in previous works. The second aspect, the figurative aspect, involves three mechanisms: perception, imitation, and imagery. Imitation and percep­ tion have been examined by Piaget. This work on imagery completes the effort. Predictably, Piaget's approach to imagery differs significantly from current approaches. His unorthodox "dependent variables" (i.e. ges­ tures by the child, drawings, choices from among drawings), his propensity for post-hoc analysis, and his reliance on percentages and trends rather than tests of significance seem no more likely to endear him to American experimentalists now than on previous occasions. The basic difference between the Genevan research on imagery and current American research, however, is more theoretical than methodological. Piaget's research has always http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Educational Research Journal SAGE

Reviews: Piaget, Jean, and Inhelder, Barbel. Mental Imagery in the Child. New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1971. 390 + xix pp. $12.50.:

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American Educational Research Journal , Volume 9 (4): 2 – Jun 23, 2016
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REVIEWS Piaget, Jean, and Inhelder, Barbel. Mental Imagery in the Child. New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1971. 390 + xix pp. $12.50. Publication of this volume on imagery marks the culmination of a long endeavor for Piaget and coincides with renewed interest on the part of American psychologists in the subject. With this work on imagery, Piaget and his colleagues have completed an examination of the two main aspects of thought. The first, the operative aspect, includes the internalized actions of thought and has been explicated in previous works. The second aspect, the figurative aspect, involves three mechanisms: perception, imitation, and imagery. Imitation and percep­ tion have been examined by Piaget. This work on imagery completes the effort. Predictably, Piaget's approach to imagery differs significantly from current approaches. His unorthodox "dependent variables" (i.e. ges­ tures by the child, drawings, choices from among drawings), his propensity for post-hoc analysis, and his reliance on percentages and trends rather than tests of significance seem no more likely to endear him to American experimentalists now than on previous occasions. The basic difference between the Genevan research on imagery and current American research, however, is more theoretical than methodological. Piaget's research has always

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